This year, on the second day of meetings, one Russian participant (the rules are no names mentioned) noted with surprise, "The only ones who have spoken well of Putin at this conference have been foreigners!" "Spoken well" may be an exaggeration for what the foreigners said, but the two Russian participants who had conspicuously defended Mr. Putin raised their hands to remonstrate.
This means that, a good accent, rhythm and grammar notwithstanding, the intermediate-to-advanced learner is likely to flail discussing the value-added tax, running style or camera lenses.Your columnist knows from experience: I have flailed on all of the above in languages I would otherwise say I had spoken well for years.
Mr. McCain's advisers had done what they would to lesson the impact of those speeches they were slated to speak on Labor Day night, Mr. Cheney was to have spoken well before prime time, and Mr. McCain made sure he was nowhere near St . Paulwhen Mr. Bush took the stage but they had long been resigned to the fact that they were handing the Democrats a gift.
They are grateful to the United States for its support in their struggle for freedom; some are still worried about Russia; they believe in the trans-Atlantic community of values, about which Vaclav Havel has spoken so well.
He has spoken about well-run family farms and raising animals in optimal conditions and about slaughtering them humanely (a kind of oxymoron, but also a very real concept).
He has spoken of competing well into his fifties, driven by a desire for Olympic gold.
She has spoken harshly as well about another of the mayor's money-saving ideas, this one affecting city services for the elderly.
He has spoken internationally as well, in Canada, in Australia, and New Zealand, and has been invited to speak all over the world, including Ireland and the Czech Republic.
